Company Description

Manager Parks & Environment

Location: Stirling, Western Australia
Type: Permanent Full Time
Salary: From $195,000 base salary (based on experience) and private use of a City vehicle

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 249,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.
With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

Job Description

About the Position
As the Manager Parks & Environment, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing the City’s vibrant parks and streetscapes. This is a hands-on leadership position where you’ll oversee every stage of planning, design, and construction for architectural landscape projects, as well as ensure the ongoing care and maintenance of our open spaces—including precious, environmentally significant sites. Your commitment to excellence will ensure our Business Unit runs smoothly and transparently, meeting all statutory obligations, city policies, and the highest industry standards.

You’ll lead from the front—driving strategic and operational initiatives, championing good governance and robust risk management, and ensuring effective financial and resource stewardship. By engaging closely with the community and key stakeholders, you’ll help deliver Council and organisational goals, making a real, positive impact on the places and people that make our City unique.

Key Responsibilities
The duties of the Manager Parks & Environment are various:

Lead the strategic planning, budgeting, and reporting for the Business Unit, contributing to both corporate and place-based initiatives.
Provide specialist advice on parks, reserves, and sustainability, while seeking external funding and grants for priority projects.
Ensure all projects and operations align with legislation, regulations, and Council policies, with robust risk management and compliance practices.
Oversee the planning, design, construction, and ongoing maintenance of parks and streetscapes, ensuring effective asset management systems.
Set clear performance objectives, provide coaching, and foster a positive workplace culture in line with City values, addressing conflicts and performance issues promptly.
Manage human, financial, and physical resources efficiently, ensuring budgets are met and procurement delivers value for money.
Engage with the community and stakeholders, maintaining high service standards, effective communication, and strong cross-unit collaboration.
Prepare management reports and Council submissions, represent the Business Unit in forums, and act for the Director Infrastructure as required.

Qualifications

About You
The following experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role so please apply, all applications will be considered.

Extensive senior management experience within local government or a similar organisation in an equivalent role.
Highly developed leadership skills with a track record of building effective teams.
Highly developed communication skills including verbal presentation skills, meeting skills and report writing skills.
Demonstrated ability in the formulation and implementation of strategic and operational plans and performance reporting.
Extensive experience of working in a political environment.
Financial management skills including budget development and management.
Extensive practical knowledge and experience of parks services including parks maintenance, urban greening and tree management, turf, irrigation, conservation and wildlife and open space design and project delivery.
Sound understanding of the importance of amenity to residents and the contribution to residential amenity made by parks and environmental services.
Sound understanding health and safety in the workplace and a strong commitment to a positive safety culture.

For further information, please click here for the position description.

Additional Information

What We Offer

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

Free undercover parking
Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance
Employee health and wellness program and initiatives

Applications close 11.59pm on 10 April 2026, however please be aware that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to the closing date. We encourage you to apply now.

www.stirling.wa.gov.au/employment

If you’re interested in this position, we want to hear from you so click ‘Apply’ now. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Matthew Thomas (Chief People Officer) on 9205 8513.

The City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.

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